Severe Scene Learning Impairment, but Intact Recognition Memory, after Cholinergic Depletion of Inferotemporal Cortex Followed by Fornix Transection
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To examine the generality of cholinergic involvement in visual memory in primates, we trained macaque monkeys either on an object-in-place scene learning task or in delayed nonmatching-to-sample (DNMS). Each monkey received either selective cholinergic depletion of inferotemporal cortex (including the entorhinal cortex and perirhinal cortex) with injections of the immunotoxin ME20.4-saporin or saline injections as a control and was postoperatively retested. Cholinergic depletion of inferotemporal cortex was without effect on either task. Each monkey then received fornix transection because previous studies have shown that multiple disconnections of temporal cortex can produce synergistic impairments in memory. Fornix transection mildly impaired scene learning in monkeys that had received saline injections but severely impaired scene learning in monkeys that had received cholinergic lesions of inferotemporal cortex. This synergistic effect was not seen in monkeys performing DNMS. These findings confirm a synergistic interaction in a macaque monkey model of episodic memory between connections carried by the fornix and cholinergic input to the inferotemporal cortex. They support the notion that the mnemonic functions tapped by scene learning and DNMS have dissociable neural substrates. Finally, cholinergic depletion of inferotemporal cortex, in this study, appears insufficient to impair memory functions dependent on an intact inferotemporal cortex.
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Cholinergic lesions of inferotemporal cortex in monkeys do not impair visual scene learning unless combined with fornix lesions.
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- Authors
- Browning, P. G. F., Gaffan, D., Croxson, P. L., & Baxter, M. G.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Browning, P. G. F.
- Venue
- Cerebral Cortex
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2009-05-15
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 282-293
- ISSN
- 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2199
- PMC
- PMC2803729
- OpenAlex
- W2097872540
- Cited by
- 46
- References
- 30
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- FWCI
- 2.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Cerebral Cortex (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (071291)
- Medical Research Council (MC_qA137504)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Keywords
- recognition memory, cholinergic depletion, inferotemporal cortex, fornix transection, delayed nonmatching-to-sample, episodic memory, entorhinal cortex, perirhinal cortex, cholinergic input, macaque, memory dissociation
- MeSH terms
- Acetylcholine, Afferent Pathways, Animals, Cholinergic Fibers, Denervation, Hippocampus, Learning, Learning Disabilities, Macaca fascicularis, Macaca mulatta, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Neurotoxins, Teaching, Temporal Lobe, Visual Perception, Neurosurgical Procedures, Axotomy, Basal Nucleus of Meynert, Fornix, Brain, Recognition, Psychology
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